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Customizing Squishdot (Part 3)

The Properties Tab

The Properties tab contains those options that are intimately connected with the DTML methods that make up the default look and feel of Squishdot. These properties factor out the commonalities in the webpage design so that they are specified only in one area. By tweaking them, you can modify the names, color schemes, etc. and other characteristics of the webpages that Squishdot uses.

The following are the properties currently defined by default (you can choose to add properties and use them when you modify, add or delete the DTML methods in Squishdot):

• title -- used in the title element in the HTML head
• expire_time -- used in the HTML metatag "expires"
• the color scheme. Each one plays the following role:
  • color1 - background border color (outside the main table)
  • color2 - main background color (inside the main table)
  • color3 - main theme color (background color of title bars)
  • color4 - squishbox background color
  • color5 - text color on "Read More" page
  • linedot_image - url of a single pixel image of the same color as the one used in color3
• drop_shadow - set to 1 if you want drop shadows, 0 for no drop shadows
• round_edge - set to 1 if you want rounded edges, 0 for square edges
• title_image - set to the url of the image logo of the site, which preferably should be around 50 pixels in height and no more than 200 pixels wide.
• site_name - the name of your website. Maybe different from the title.
• comment_spillover - this is the number that sets the threshold at which if the number of comments exceed this threshold, the comments will be listed in summary format (with just the title and a link to the full text of the comments) will be displayed in the "Read More" page.
• the admin_address and admin_name are used in the default squishboxes for contacting the sites administrator as well as providing the sender info when email notification is enabled.

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